Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 789-100, William Farmer, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Farmer, William.
B. 4. 97-5 789-100.
CONTENTS

N. L. April 14. 1875
Mt to issue to Land
Farms - Brother and other
other heirs at law of
Mrs Fannie Fife - 1st
class - Am
Mr. J. P. ...

No 789
William Farmer
Fifer
12 th Mass: Regiment
Sam l Farmer, Brother
& others being —
Warrant issued April 14 th 1879
John Coates — attorney

fe 29 136
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex, ss.
I James Prescott, Judge of the Court of Probate in and for this County of Middlesex, do hereby certify that it has been made to appear to me that Samuel Farmer now of Greenfield in the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire yeoman is the brother and one of the heirs at law of William Farmer late of Tewksbury in said County of Middlesex laborer who was a piper in the first Regiment of the Massachusetts line of the American army in the revolutionary war and enlisted to serve during said war and who did serve till the close thereof and was honorably discharged in the month of June A.D. 1783, the said William having died intestate never having been married and leaving no father nor mother as it is said.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand there being no seal of this Court this twenty sixth day of November A.D. 1818.
James Prescott

I the undersigned do hereby certify that I served the United States, as a Lt. Colonel from the 1 st Jan y 1777 to the termination of the Revolutionary war, in the First Regiment of the Massachusetts Line of the American Army - and that I have examined the Regimental Book, now in my possession, and find recorded that William Farmer was a Piper in the said Regiment - that he enlisted to serve for the term of During the war; - that he actually served until the close of it; - and that he was honorably discharged by General Washington in the month of June, 1783.
Elijah Nourse Lieut. Col.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Suffolk Boston ss. On this thirty first day of October A.D. one thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me, William Stevenson, Notary Public, by legal authority admitted & sworn, and dwelling in Boston aforesaid, to justice of the

Peace for the county of Suffolk, personally appeared Elijah Vase and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Certificate by him subscribed is
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial Seal the day and year above written
William Stevenson Not Public
Just Plain

Wm Farmer. Mass. Line.
fill up the O.P.C.

29. 136-
KNOW all Men by these Presents,
That I Samuel Harmer, of Greenfield, County of Franklin, State of New Hampshire, yeoman, Brother and one of the Heirs at Law of William Harmer, late of Frankbury, County of Middlesex, Commonwealth of Massachusetts deceased who was a Soldier (a Piper) in Col. Vose's Regiment of the Massachusetts Line of the American Army, have constituted, ordained and made, and in my stead and place put, and by these presents do constitute, ordain and make, and in my stead and place put
John Grafton of Boston, Broker
to be my true, sufficient and lawful attorney for me and in my name and stead, to my use and the use of the other Heirs at Law of the said William Harmer deceased, to ask for and to receive of the Government of the United States, or of any of the Officers of said Government, a Warrant for One Hundred acres of Land granted as a Bounty to the said William Harmer for enlisting to serve, and for serving, the term of During the War, in the First Regiment of the Massachusetts Line of the American Army of the Revolution - as a Piper.
Giving and hereby granting unto my said attorney full power and authority in and about the premises; and to use all due means, course and process in the law for the full, effectual and complete execution of the business afore described; and in my name to make and execute due acquittance and discharge; and for the premises to appear, and the person of me the constituent to represent before any governor, judges, justices, officers and ministers of the law whatsoever, in any court or courts of judicature, and there, on my behalf, to answer, defend and reply unto all actions, causes, matters and things whatsoever, relating to the premises. Also to submit any matter in dispute, respecting the premises, to arbitration or otherwise: with full power to make and substitute, for the purposes aforesaid, one or more attorneys under my said attorney and the same again at pleasure to revoke. And generally to say, do, act, transact, determine, accomplish, and finish all matters and things whatsoever, relating to the premises, as fully, amply and effectually, to all intents and purposes, as I the said constituent, if present, ought or might personally, although the matter should require more special authority than is herein comprised I the said constituent ratifying, allowing and holding firm and valid all and whatsoever my said attorney or his substitutes shall lawfully do, or cause to be done, in and about the premises, by virtue of these presents.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fifteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen.
Signed, sealed, and delivered, in Presence of us,
W Stevenson
Samuel Harmer
Walter A. Baxters
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Boston, Suffolk, ss.
BE IT KNOWN, That on the fifteenth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me, WILLIAM STEVENSON, Notary Public, by legal Authority admitted and sworn, and dwelling in Boston aforesaid, and a Justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk, personally came Samuel Harmer above named, and acknowledged the above Letter of Attorney to be his Act and Deed.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed my Notarial Seal the Day and Year last aforesaid.
William Stevenson
Notary Public and Just. of Peace.

Hon. Geo. Sloan
Feby 27. 1823
789
Rev
Vol 6. Fol. 53.

The Hon War Dept: Sec: bounty lands — John Sloan. M. C. — Feby: 27 th 1823 — Sir
This is the first moment I could take up your communication of the 20 th current for reply — Since the information therein given, the case in question has been readily found on the records of this Office. The Military land warrant, No 789, was issued in the name of "Land Farmer," brother, and the other heir at law of Wm Farmer, of the Massachusetts line, — April 27 th 1819, — and was deliv d to Geo Coates, of Boston.
I have the honor to sign N Cutting